- In October, China exported approximately US$69.27 million of vapes to South Korea, a month-on-month increase of 15.87% and a year-on-year increase of 5.76%.
- ELF BAR and LOST MARY, announced that they will abandon dessert and soft drink-flavored vapesthat attract minors. At the same time, they called on the government to introduce a licensing system similar to that for cigarettes and alcohol.
- Medical drug manufacturing company Qnovia announced the results of the first human trial of its inhaled smoking cessation therapy QN01, which is currently under evaluation by the US FDA and the British MHRA.
- Opinion polls show that 68% of voters in Vermont, USA, support legislation banning the sale of all flavored tobacco products.
- Alem Metrev, Chairman of the Youth Policy Committee of the Russian State Duma, publicly pointed out that the law prohibiting the sale of vapesto minors has been ineffective in actual implementation, and a large number of violations have occurred.
- The Malaysian House of Commons successfully passed the “Public Health and Tobacco Products Control Bill 2023”. The bill submitted this time removed controversial content such as “Generational Smoking Ban”.
- The Lao government plans to amend the law and vapeswill be included in the list of addictive substances.
- Oxfordshire, UK, plans to launch an vapingproduct recycling service, which is funded by the non-profit recycling organization Material Focus.